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When children are considered present, California law states the drivers must follow the posted school zone speed limit. Any driver caught going faster than that speed limit could be issued a ...
Speed limits in California are mandated by statute to be set: (1) at or below the 85th percentile operating speed; [23] [24] as determined by a traffic and engineering survey [25] —this is the speed that no more than 15% of traffic exceeds; or (2) the prima facie limits mandated when certain criteria are met as described in the vehicle code ...
As of May 15, 2017, 41 states have maximum speed limits of 70 mph (113 km/h) or higher. 18 of those states have 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) speed limits or higher, while 7 states of that same portion have 80 mph (129 km/h) speed limits, with Texas even having an 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) speed limit on one of its toll roads.
The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
A new bill in the California Senate would require vehicles sold in the state to be equipped with speed governors to limit how fast they can go.
A proposed California bill aims to keep certain new vehicles from exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 mph. The bill calls for tech to electronically limit a vehicle's speed starting with the ...
Public Law 93–87; 87 Stat. 250 pdf: ... The law also established the first national speed limit (of 55 miles per hour (89 km/h)). ... Democrat from California ...
If the default limit isn’t appropriate for the design of the road, local authorities can specify other limits. Our state law doesn’t have a default speed limit for alleys; you’ll find that ...